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Showing 421430 of 57851 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 3-2-1988 n° 86-16.158

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-24

To be eligible for support for the production of immersive works, legal entities must meet the conditions set out in Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-2

The award of financial aid for the writing, pre-production, production of immersive works is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categ…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Production aid

Article 322-22

Aid for video game production is awarded in consideration of the criteria set out in article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-25

Works must be subtitled or dubbed in French.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Production aid

Article 322-24

The total amount of aid for video game production may not exceed 50% of the expenditure referred to in article…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-20

For the application of the third paragraph of II of article 79-IV of the local civil code applicable to the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, a creditor's objection to the merger or dem…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Guarantee trusts

Article 2488-3

In the absence of payment of the secured debt and unless otherwise stipulated in the trust agreement, the trustee, where it is the creditor, acquires free disposal of the property assigned as security…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-9

In application of the two preceding articles, the child's residence may be fixed alternately at the domicile of each of the parents or at the domicile of one of them.At the request of one of the paren…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-8

The matter may also be referred to the judge by one of the parents or the public prosecutor, who may in turn be referred by a third party, whether a parent or not, for a ruling on the arrangements for…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-10

In the event of disagreement, the judge shall endeavour to reconcile the parties.In order to facilitate the parents' search for a consensual exercise of parental authority, the judge may propose a med…

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